Uh-oh, Nothing has been caught red-handed. The company seemingly used professional photos and passed them off as the Nothing Phone 3 photo samples. The company seems to have licensed such images, based on a new report.
Nothing has been caught trying to pass off stock photos as Phone 3 camera samples
The information comes from Android Authority, who talked to two of the photographers who shot the pictures. They confirmed that they did not use the Nothing Phone 3 to capture those photos at all.
This whole story began with a Nothing Phone 3 retail demo unit, which is on display in New Zealand. That phone was showing off a selection of five pictures, which were, allegedly, taken with the Nothing Phone 3’s camera. You can see a screen recording of that below.
In fact, along with the images, here’s what is said: “Here’s what our community has captured with the Phone (3),” so it’s quite clear that Nothing is trying to pass off those pictures as being taken with the Nothing Phone 3.
Photographers behind these images have confirmed Nothing’s wrondoing
One of the photographers behind the images reached out to Android Authority. He said that all five of those images are available for license on the stock photo marketplace called ‘Stills’. Those images are the window, the glass, the headlight, the staircase, and the woman.
Roman Fox, the photographer who took the car headlight image, said that it was not taken with the Nothing Phone 3. He confirmed that the image was shot with a Fujifilm HX2s. It was also taken in Paris back in 2023, way before the Nothing Phone 3 launched. It’s even posted on Fox’s Instagram.
Android Authority says that the photographers were paid for their photos through the Stills platform. However, the use of those photos is trying to mislead customers, obviously.
The source did reach out to Nothing for a comment, and the company did not deny doing this. The statement says: “Accuracy in how we represent our product capabilities is important to us. Phone (3) demo units are being updated to feature only images captured with Phone (3).”
Nothing did not deny it, but the company’s response was… lackluster
So, while Nothing did not deny it, this response is not exactly… satisfying, as Android Authority put it. A lot of questions remain, like, for example, how often Nothing did this if it did it in the past?
Don’t get us wrong, Nothing is not the only company to have done something like this. Samsung was caught red-handed in the past with its moon photos, kind of, as was Nokia for faking video stabilization on the Lumia 920. Those are only some examples. That practice altogether needs to stop, though. Companies need to stop trying to fool customers and actually focus on presenting the actual capabilities of their products to the best of their ability.
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